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After six years of the Seven Years' War , the Prussian army was decimated and Russia's armies had occupied Berlin . Frederick II Of Prussia considered himself lost and was on the verge of abdicating.The Disaster At Kunersdorf ''temporarily reduced him to despair and thoughts of suicide; if it had been effectively followed up by his adversaries, he could not have continued the struggle.'' — 2004 Encyclopaedia Britannica . On January 5th , the tsaritsa died and her nephew came to the throne as Peter III . Peter was notoriously pro-German; on his accession, he withdrew his troops and ended the war to no Russian advantage. At the close of World War II , Berlin was again encircled by Russian armies. Recalling the "miracle" of two centuries earlier, Adolf Hitler believed Germany would be saved by some unexpected accident such as the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt and resultant disagreements between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin . Notes |
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